Format:
Book
Title:
American nerd : the story of my people / Benjamin Nugent.
Author:
Nugent, Benjamin.
Call Number:
305.908909 Nugent
Publisher, Date:
New York : Scribner, 2008.
Description:
viii, 224 p. ; 23 cm.
Summary:
An engaging study of the nerd in American popular culture and throughout history discussed in such contexts as the rise of online gaming, the science fiction club, ethnicity, Asperger's syndrome, autism, and high school and college debating.
Subjects:
Gifted persons -- United States -- History.
Popular culture -- United States.
Gifted children -- United States.
Creative ability -- Social aspects -- United States.
Stereotypes (Social psychology)
ISBN:
9780743288019
0743288017